chew the rag
Example Sentences
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The gossip of scientists who get together and chew the rag is the lifeblood of physics.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll be depressive soon enough, but while you eat your candy just allow me to chew the rag; there's a kind of substance in it."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
I ain't gonna chew the rag with you.
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
Swiggle me, 'ow 'e can chew the rag!
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
Beside him Applehead fidgeted and grumbled and called Luck names for being so dang slow, and wondered if those two out there meant to sit and chew the rag all day.
From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.
